| Election Name: | 2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy |
| Country: | Lombardy |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 Italian Senate election in Lombardy |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2013 Italian Senate election in Lombardy |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
| Seats For Election: | All 47 Lombard seats in the Italian Senate |
| Election Date: | April 13, 2008 |
| Leader1: | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Party1: | The People of Freedom |
| Alliance1: | Centre-right coalition (Italy) |
| Last Election1: | 27 seats, 50.4% 57.0% as CdL |
| Seats1: | 30 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,139,694 |
| Percentage1: | 55.1% |
| Swing1: | 4.7% |
| Leader2: | Walter Veltroni |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (Italy) |
| Alliance2: | Centre-left coalition (Italy) |
| Last Election2: | 20 seats, 27.3% 42.6% as Union |
| Seats2: | 17 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,823,835 |
| Percentage2: | 32.0% |
| Swing2: | 4.7% |
| Local majority | |
| Posttitle: | New local majority |
| Before Election: | Centre-right coalition |
| After Election: | Centre-right coalition |
Lombardy renewed its delegation to the Italian Senate on April 13, 2008. This election was a part of national Italian general election of 2008 even if, according to the Italian Constitution, every senatorial challenge in each Region is a single and independent race.
The election was won by the centre-right coalition between The People of Freedom and Lega Nord, as it happened at the national level. The People of Freedom was the largest party in the election with 34%, ahead of the Democratic Party (28%) and Lega Nord (21%). All provinces gave a majority or a plurality to the new Prime Minister of Italy.
The new electoral law for the Senate was established in 2005 by the Calderoli Law, and it is a form of semi-proportional representation. A party presents its own closed list and it can join other parties in alliances. The coalition which receives a plurality automatically wins at least 26 seats. Respecting this condition, seats are divided between coalitions, and subsequently to party lists, using the largest remainder method with a Hare quota. To receive seats, a party must overcome the barrage of 8% of the vote if it contests a single race, or of 3% of the vote if it runs in alliance.
|-|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Coalition leader! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |votes! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |votes (%)! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |seats! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |votes! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |votes (%)! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |swing! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |seats! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |change|-! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Silvio Berlusconi| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |3,139,694| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |55.1| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |30| style="text-align:left;" |The People of Freedom| style="vertical-align:top;" |1,959,681| style="vertical-align:top;" |34.4| style="vertical-align:top;" |-3.6| style="vertical-align:top;" |19| style="vertical-align:top;" |0|-| style="text-align:left;" |Lega Nord| style="vertical-align:top;" |1,180,013| style="vertical-align:top;" |20.7| style="vertical-align:top;" |+9.6| style="vertical-align:top;" |11| style="vertical-align:top;" |+6|-! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Walter Veltroni| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |1,823,835| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |32.0| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |17| style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Party| style="vertical-align:top;" |1,607,928| style="vertical-align:top;" |28.2| style="vertical-align:top;" |+5.8| style="vertical-align:top;" |15| style="vertical-align:top;" |+2|-| style="text-align:left;" |Italy of Values| style="vertical-align:top;" |215,907| style="vertical-align:top;" |3.8| style="vertical-align:top;" |+1.2| style="vertical-align:top;" |2| style="vertical-align:top;" |+2|-! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Pier Ferdinando Casini| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |240,481| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |4.2| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="text-align:left;" |Union of the Centre| style="vertical-align:top;" |240,481| style="vertical-align:top;" |4.2| style="vertical-align:top;" |-1.7| style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="vertical-align:top;" |-3|-! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Fausto Bertinotti| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |183,061| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |3.2| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="text-align:left;" |The Left – The Rainbow| style="vertical-align:top;" |183,061| style="vertical-align:top;" |3.2| style="vertical-align:top;" |-8.6| style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="vertical-align:top;" |-7|-! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Daniela Santanchè| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |93,077| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |1.6| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="text-align:left;" |The Right – Tricolour Flame| style="vertical-align:top;" |93,077| style="vertical-align:top;" |1.6| style="vertical-align:top;" |+0.5| style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="vertical-align:top;" |-|-! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Eva Rossi| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |45,622| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |0.8| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="text-align:left;" |Lega per l'Autonomia – Alleanza Lombarda| style="vertical-align:top;" |45,622| style="vertical-align:top;" |0.8| style="vertical-align:top;" |-0.8| style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="vertical-align:top;" |-|-! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Enrico Boselli| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |30,745| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party| style="vertical-align:top;" |30,745| style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5| style="vertical-align:top;" |-1.7| style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="vertical-align:top;" |-|-! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Marco Ferrando| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |27,141| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="text-align:left;" |Workers' Communist Party| style="vertical-align:top;" |27,141| style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5| style="vertical-align:top;" |+0.5| style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="vertical-align:top;" |-|-! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Renzo Rabellino| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |25,866| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="text-align:left;" |List of Talking Crickets| style="vertical-align:top;" |25,866| style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5| style="vertical-align:top;" |+0.5| style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="vertical-align:top;" |-|-! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Others| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |86,632| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |1.5| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="text-align:left;" |Others| style="vertical-align:top;" |86,632| style="vertical-align:top;" |1.5| style="vertical-align:top;" |-1.7| style="vertical-align:top;" |-| style="vertical-align:top;" |-|-|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Total coalitions! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |5,696,154! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |100.0! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |47! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Total parties! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |5,696,154! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |100.0! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |=! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |47! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |=Source: Ministry of the Interior